Tulare County Biographies
ANTONE GOMES
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
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Antone Gomes, proprietor of the well established commercial transfer
line operating under his name in Porterville, and one of the most widely
experienced men in that line in this section of the state, has for years been a
resident of Porterville and has a wide acquaintance throughout this section. He
was born in the state of Idaho, December 10, 1883, and was but a child when his
parents, D. J. and Isabel Gomes, came to California with their family and
settled in Placer county, where D. J. Gomes became engaged in railroad work.
It was thus that, though born in Idaho, Antone Gomes was reared in
California. By reason of changes of residence due to his father's vocational
experiences he had his schooling in various towns of the state and early became
interested in fruit culture, his occupation as a young man having to do with the
operation of orchards. He then spent a year working in the quarries and while
thus engaged became interested in the carpenter trade, which he set about to
learn. He developed into an experienced workman and while working at this trade
became a resident of Porterville. That was in 1910, and he ever since has made
his home in this city, where for some time after taking up his residence he
followed his trade as a carpenter. Later he went into business in the transfer
line in association with J. R. Moore. For three years this association of
business interests continued and then Mr. Gomes started in business on his own
account, setting up a transfer establishment on Main street, and has since been
thus engaged, having developed a fine business. Mr. Gomes has a well equipped
plant and with a fleet of five trucks and a force of eight to ten men is
prepared to handle anything in the transfer line within the trade area in which
he is operating.
In 1918, in Porterville, Mr. Gomes was united in marriage to Mrs. Maud
Adlesbach, who has children by her former marriage, and they have a pleasant
home in Porterville. Mr. Gomes takes a proper interest in the general affairs of
the community in which he has long resided and is a member of the local lodge of
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
Source: History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Company, 1926., p. 303